2018 African Chess Champion Classic and Blitz 
🏆🏆
🥇🥇 …and Rapid Silver Medal 
🥈…GM Bassem Amin.
He went down South to Livingstone from Cairo and he conquered! Here is his good run…
| Name | Amin Bassem |
| Title | GM |
| Starting rank | 1 |
| Rating | 2667 |
| Rating national | 0 |
| Rating international | 2667 |
| Performance rating | 2799 |
| FIDE rtg +/- | 9,8 |
| Points | 8,5 |
| Rank | 1 |
| Federation | EGY |
| Ident-Number | 0 |
| Fide-ID | 10601457 |
| Rd. | Bo. | SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts. | Res. | |
| 1 | 1 | 17 | CM | Simutowe Musatwe | 2201 | ZAM | 4,5 | s 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 11 | IM | Domingos Catarino | 2281 | ANG | 4,5 | w 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | GM | El Gindy Essam | 2453 | EGY | 6,0 | s 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | GM | Adly Ahmed | 2633 | EGY | 7,0 | w ½ |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | GM | Hesham Abdelrahman | 2413 | EGY | 5,5 | s 1 |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | IM | Kayonde Andrew | 2394 | ZAM | 6,0 | w 1 |
| 7 | 1 | 8 | IM | Chitumbo Mwali | 2322 | ZAM | 5,0 | w 1 |
| 8 | 1 | 16 | CM | Paiva Donaldo | 2225 | MOZ | 5,5 | s 1 |
| 9 | 1 | 13 | IM | Bwalya Gillan | 2271 | ZAM | 5,0 | w 1 |
Amin, Bassem (2667) – Chitumbo, Mwali (2322)
18.05.2018
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bc5 5.d3 a6 6.Nf3 d67.O-O h6 8.Be3 O-O 9.Bxc5 dxc5 10.Nd2 Be6 11.f4 Bg412.Qe1 Nd7 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 Bg6 15.f5 Bh7 16.Nd5 f6 17.h4Nb6 18.Ne3 Kf7 19.Qf2 Ke8 20.Nd5 Qd6 21.a3 Bg8 22.Rad1Nxd5 23.exd5 Bxd5 24.Nc4 Qd7 25.Qxc5 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Rd827.c3 Qd5+ 28.Qxd5 Rxd5 29.Kf3 Kf7 30.Rg1 Ne7 31.Ke4 c632.Ne3 Rd7 33.g5 hxg5 34.hxg5 Rh8 35.Rh1 Rxh1 36.Rxh1Ng8 37.Ng4 Re7 38.g6+ Kf8 39.a4 Re8 40.a5 Rd8 41.Rh8Ke7 42.b4 Re8 43.Rh7 Kf8 44.Ne3 Nh6 45.Rh8+ Ke7 46.Rh7Kf8 47.Nf1 Rd8 48.Ng3 Rd7 49.Rh8+ Ng8 50.Ke3 Rd851.Ne4 Ke7 52.Rh7 Nh6 53.Rxg7+ Kf8 54.Rxb7 Nxf5+ 55.Kd2Ne7 56.Nc5 Re8 57.Nxa6 Nxg6
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He won The 2018 African Individual Chess Championship in Livingstone Zambia with one round to spare..! 7.5pts out of 8 Rounds were good enough to seal the 1st place Gold position…
In the 9th and Last Round Open Section Board 1… Egyptian GM Dr Bassem Amin 7.5pts played Zambia’s IM Gillian Bwalya 5pts. . The GM had won the event already with this last round game to spare.
GM Bassem’s words; " Happy to defend the title and to win the tournament for the 5th time (2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018)" 
😊
Meanwhile our own Zimbabwe’s Zhemba Jemusse finished on 4points. He gained the much needed exposure in this tough shark infested hunting ground.
| Name | Zhemba Jemusse |
| Starting rank | 21 |
| Rating | 2123 |
| Rating national | 0 |
| Rating international | 2123 |
| Performance rating | 2191 |
| FIDE rtg +/- | 14,4 |
| Points | 4 |
| Rank | 19 |
| Federation | ZIM |
| Ident-Number | 0 |
| Fide-ID | 11001933 |
| Rd. | Bo. | SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts. | Res. | |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | GM | Hesham Abdelrahman | 2413 | EGY | 5,5 | w ½ |
| 2 | 8 | 7 | IM | Oussedik Mahfoud | 2327 | ALG | 5,5 | s 0 |
| 3 | 12 | 23 | CM | Eichab Charles | 2029 | NAM | 3,5 | w 1 |
| 4 | 10 | 12 | IM | Chumfwa Kelvin | 2279 | ZAM | 4,0 | s ½ |
| 5 | 8 | 13 | IM | Bwalya Gillan | 2271 | ZAM | 5,0 | w 0 |
| 6 | 11 | 20 | FM | Manuel Alberto | 2133 | ANG | 4,5 | s 1 |
| 7 | 6 | 4 | IM | Fawzy Adham | 2438 | EGY | 5,5 | w 0 |
| 8 | 10 | 27 | FM | Nshikokola Mutailenu | 1896 | ZAM | 4,0 | s 1 |
| 9 | 7 | 8 | IM | Chitumbo Mwali | 2322 | ZAM | 5,0 | s 0 |
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | GM | Amin Bassem | EGY | 2667 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 8 | 4 | |
| 2 | 2 | GM | Adly Ahmed | EGY | 2633 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 3 | 3 | GM | El Gindy Essam | EGY | 2453 | 6,0 | 0,5 | 5 | 2 | |
| 4 | 6 | IM | Kayonde Andrew | ZAM | 2394 | 6,0 | 0,5 | 4 | 1 | |
| 5 | 5 | GM | Hesham Abdelrahman | EGY | 2413 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 3 | |
| 6 | 7 | IM | Oussedik Mahfoud | ALG | 2327 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 7 | 16 | CM | Paiva Donaldo | MOZ | 2225 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 8 | 4 | IM | Fawzy Adham | EGY | 2438 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 9 | 13 | IM | Bwalya Gillan | ZAM | 2271 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 4 | |
| 10 | 8 | IM | Chitumbo Mwali | ZAM | 2322 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 11 | 9 | IM | Phiri Richmond | ZAM | 2317 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 12 | 20 | FM | Manuel Alberto | ANG | 2133 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 13 | 11 | IM | Domingos Catarino | ANG | 2281 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 14 | 17 | CM | Simutowe Musatwe | ZAM | 2201 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 15 | 18 | IM | Oatlhotse Providence | BOT | 2196 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 16 | 10 | IM | Aderito Pedro | ANG | 2305 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 17 | 24 | FM | Beukes Dante, M | NAM | 1979 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 18 | 15 | IM | Mabusela Johannes, Manyesi | RSA | 2260 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 19 | 21 | Zhemba Jemusse | ZIM | 2123 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 20 | 12 | IM | Chumfwa Kelvin | ZAM | 2279 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 21 | 27 | FM | Nshikokola Mutailenu | ZAM | 1896 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 22 | 25 | Kandangwe Joster | ZAM | 1925 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 23 | 28 | CM | Hoareau Benjamin | SEY | 1805 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 24 | 14 | FM | Talbi Chafik | ALG | 2263 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 25 | 22 | CM | Dimba James | ZAM | 2044 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 26 | 19 | FM | Khetho Phemelo | BOT | 2153 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 27 | 23 | CM | Eichab Charles | NAM | 2029 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 28 | 26 | Chiona Richard | MAW | 1900 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 29 | 29 | Kolomwe William | ZAM | 1538 | 1,5 | 1,0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 30 | 30 | Pillay Ragul | SEY | 1366 | 1,5 | 0,0 | 0 | 0 |
